Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Raymond Winthrop Ross Austin (1886-1967, of New York City); donated to MAI by Raymond Winthrop Ross Austin circa 1917.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Archaic and Woodland Traditions
- Previous owner
- Raymond Winthrop Ross Austin, Non-Indian, 1886-1967
- Donor
- Raymond Winthrop Ross Austin, Non-Indian, 1886-1967
- Date created
- 8000 BC–AD 900 (Early Archaic to Late Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Hammerstone
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Pecked
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
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